The winning, left-wing party Syriza has already agreed to form a government with the right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) party. Both parties can’t be further apart on many issues (connection state-church, immigration) but they agree on anti-europe and austerity issues. Alexis Tsipras will be the new prime minister in a couple of hours. He will not swear his oath on a bible which is a first in greek history as many other things are a first in these elections. We will keep you posted.

The [enlargeable] map above tells it all. The voters in Greece have given SYRIZA an overwhelming mandate to change the course of the country. It is a convincing victory for the left.

Falling short (149) of an outright majority of seats in Parliament where 151 are needed, SYRIZA will have to form a coalition with another party to gain the necessary seats. Will this be a case of “strange bedfellows”?

Today Alexi Tsipras will meet with the President of the Republic who will ask SYRIZA to form a government. Syriza will have a few days to negotiate with another party. If they can not agree with another party, the task of forming a government will fall to the party which came in second.

Locally, Magnisias will be represented by 5 MPs from Syriza (see below) and one MP from Nea Demokratia.